Annual General Meeting – 2021 Trustees Report
for the Financial Year ended 31 December 2020
INTRODUCTION
The Goan Welfare Society (GWS) was founded in March 1983, to provide limited assistance to the community living in the UK. The original Trustees passed away and responsibility for the Charity was handed over to the...
Dear Friends
I am appealing to your generosity, as we are trying help Michelle Rodrigues raise funds to help her with the cost of college fees for further education.
Michelle had to give up her previous employment as she suffers from a long-term health condition. She is attending a School of...
A new book of poems by Nikita Monteiro written whilst she was marooned in Toronto following a working holiday there...
This is our second quarterly report and covers the period ended 30 June 2021. Mercifully the death toll amongst the Goan community in the UK from the pandemic has slowed down considerably and this reduction is probably due to the successful Covid-19 vaccination programme.
However, there have been a number...
Deadline for application to the EU Settlement Scheme - 30 June 2021
A Brexit Free Trade deal was agreed between the UK and the European Union on 24" December 2020 and came into force on 21st January 2021.
A number of issues could affect you, especially if you travel to Europe or intend to when Covid restrictions are lifted. These are the...
Revised guidlines for the re-issuance of Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) cards ...
The Guardian (UK) reported that India’s oldest political prisoner, an 84-year-old Jesuit priest, who was denied bail as his health deteriorated, has died, prompting an outpouring of anger among lawyers, writers, politicians and activists.
Father Stan Swamy, a priest and human rights activist who spent five decades fighting for the...
Contact Magazine March 2021
1 April 2021
At the last AGM held on 6 December 2020, members commented that they would like to be kept informed from time to time because the Annual Meeting only occurs once a year and gives a report covering the previous financial year.
It was agreed that the Trustees would produce a...
